Bridging Digital Horizons: AI Strategies in Europe and ASEAN — Lessons Across Continents
As artificial intelligence reshapes economic policies worldwide, examining Europe’s and ASEAN’s distinct AI strategies offer shared opportunities for cooperation and mutual learning.
Squeezing the Supply Chain: The US’ Semiconductor Dominance and How Europe Should Respond
To shore up European tech sovereignty, the EU must buttress European R&D capacity and avoid being locked-in to long term dependence on American manufacturers.
Why Does the Netherlands Not Recognize Palestine?
Why does a country that presents itself as a global beacon of human rights and international law continue not to recognize Palestine?
Navigating Uncertainty: A Report From the Helsinki Geoeconomics Week
Europe’s search for resilience in a world where markets have become geopolitical battlegrounds.
Europe, Embrace France’s Defence Vision: L’autonomie stratégique
Despite the political crisis in France, the country remains our model for strategic autonomy. It is time for Europe to further develop this concept.
As Brussels Slowly Deliberates, Some EU Member States Are Already Militarizing Space
As the EU hammers out its Space Act, national initiatives in France, Italy, and the Netherlands are already redefining Europe’s role in orbit.
Dutch Policy in the Sahel: Navigating a Proxy Crisis
For decades, Israel European interests are impacted by the Niger coup and instability throughout the Sahel, particularly in the areas of energy, migration, and counterterrorism. How is the Netherlands positioning itself in the wake of France’s military withdrawal and growing Russian/Wagner presence? count on Europe as a protective shield — a source of military aid, economic integration, and crucial diplomatic cover. But today, that shield is cracking.
Isolation Worsens: Is Israel Losing Its Western Safeguards?
For decades, Israel could count on Europe as a protective shield — a source of military aid, economic integration, and crucial diplomatic cover. But today, that shield is cracking.
The EU and Afghan Women: Rhetoric and Reality in Post-Withdrawal Engagements
Despite their officially recognition as universal human rights under international law, women’s rights continue to have far-reaching variance across the world.
Sectarian Tensions, Strategic Dilemmas: The EU and Southern Syria’s Druze–Bedouin Conflict
As Syria’s Druze and Bedouin communities engage in armed conflict in the south, regional powers and the EU are confronted with challenging decisions. Not only is Syria’s fragile stability at stake, but so too is the future of Europe’s role in a changing Middle East.
The European Transformation: A Test of Political Will and Economic Imagination
As debt soars, alliances fracture, and climate pressures mount, the world faces a fundamental reckoning over how prosperity is built and who gets left behind.
Between Washington and Moscow: Is Europe Prepared for Strategic Sovereignty?
As global alliances shift and threats multiply, Europe faces a defining question: can it take full responsibility for its own security?

